Kudos

Bulletin Board - Kudos

December 9, 2000

AARON CHAMBERLIN

Aaron Chamberlin, a senior at St. Cloud High School, received a nomination to the United States Naval Academy. This nomination gets him closer to receiving an appointment to the academy. The people selected have demonstrated the physical endurance and leadership qualities that the service desires. Acceptance into the academy gives the midshipman a free college education for four years, free room, books, computer, food and uniforms.

KATHY WATERS AND JUSTIN VICORY

Kathy Waters and Justin Vicory, students at Polk Community College, won Florida Community College Press Association awards for their contributions to the PCC Press, the student newspaper.

Waters won first place in feature photo, second place in news photo and third place in sports photo. Vicory received a second-place award in sports writing and a third-place award for editorials. They received their awards at a banquet in Jacksonville.

SOLIVITA

Solivita, Central Florida's newest community for active adults, contributed $3,000 to the Osceola County Council on Aging for its 13th annual Senior Santa program. The contribution will help the Council on Aging with the purchase of the Senior Santa canvas bags that will be filled with a variety of goodies for the holidays and delivered with the holiday meal to more than 2,000 seniors in Osceola County during Christmas week.

ROBERT STUDEBAKER

Robert Studebaker, an English teacher at Heartland Preparatory Middle School, has been included in the 2000 edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers.

OPAL E. FLOYD

School crossing guard Opal E. Floyd has retired after 40 years of assisting students at Lena Vista Elementary in Polk County. She dedicated 40 years of her life to making sure that the community's children were safe as they walked back and forth to school every day.

TOM LANIER

Lanier's Historic Downtown Marketplace at 108 Broadway, downtown Kissimmee, was selected for the 2000 Secretary of the State Florida Main Street Business of the Year award. Tom Lanier and his family were recognized for being champions of the downtown Kissimmee business community.